Worlds of Sense

First published in 1993, Worlds of Sense is an exploration of the historical and cultural formation of the senses.

Autorentext

Constance Classen

Klappentext

First published in 1993, Worlds of Sense is an exploration of the historical and cultural formation of the senses.

Inhalt

Acknowledgement Introduction: through the looking-glass 1. The odour of the rose: floral symbolism and the olfactory decline of the West 2. Natural wits: the sensory skills of 'wild children' 3. Words of sense 4. The odour of the other: olfactory codes and cultural categories 5. Literacy as anti-culture: the Andean experience of the written word 6. Worlds of sense Notes Bibliography Name index Subject index